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Local Government Act 2002

Planning, decision-making, and accountability - Planning and decision-making - Consultation

82A: Information requirements for consultation required under this Act

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“What information you'll get when your local council asks for your opinion on new ideas”

When a local authority needs to consult with people according to section 82, they must make certain information available to the public. This includes:

You need to be able to see the proposal and why it’s being made. The local authority will explain their idea and the reasons behind it.

You’ll also get to see an analysis of all the reasonable options they’ve considered, including the one they’re proposing. This helps you understand why they chose this option over others.

If they’re planning to create a new plan, policy, or similar document, you’ll get to see a draft version of it. This gives you a chance to review what they’re planning before it’s finalised.

If they’re changing an existing plan, policy, or document, you’ll be shown exactly what changes they want to make. This helps you understand how it might be different from what’s currently in place.

For annual plan consultations, instead of providing all of the above, the local authority will create a special consultation document that follows the rules set out in section 95A.

These rules don’t apply when the local authority is using the special consultative procedure described in section 83. They also don’t change any of the other requirements set out in section 82.

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Part 6 Planning, decision-making, and accountability
Planning and decision-making: Consultation

82AInformation requirements for consultation required under this Act

  1. This section applies if this Act requires a local authority to consult in accordance with, or using a process or a manner that gives effect to, the requirements of section 82.

  2. The local authority must, for the purposes of section 82(1)(a) and (c), make the following publicly available:

  3. the proposal and the reasons for the proposal; and
    1. an analysis of the reasonably practicable options, including the proposal, identified under section 77(1); and
      1. if a plan or policy or similar document is proposed to be adopted, a draft of the proposed plan, policy, or other document; and
        1. if a plan or policy or similar document is proposed to be amended, details of the proposed changes to the plan, policy, or other document.

          1. In the case of consultation on an annual plan under section 95(2), instead of complying with subsection (2), the local authority must prepare and adopt a consultation document that complies with section 95A.

          2. Nothing in this section applies where the special consultative procedure under section 83 is required to be used.

          3. Nothing in this section limits the application of section 82.

          Notes
          • Section 82A: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).